Bellamy keeps the faith

RECORD signing Craig Bellamy believes the never-say-die mentality that has rescued Coventry from previous lost looking causes means they should not yet be written off as Premiership relegation certainties....

RECORD signing Craig Bellamy believes the never-say-die mentality that has rescued Coventry from previous lost looking causes means they should not yet be written off as Premiership relegation certainties.

The odds seem stacked against the Sky Blues extending their 34-year unbroken run in the top flight as they are five points adrift of Everton, Derby and Middlesbrough with just three games left.

But Bellamy, who has been only a moderate success since his #6 million move from Norwich, has marvelled from afar at how Coventry have emerged triumphant from similar scrapes in the past when seemingly doomed.

And the 22-year-old feels having players who have survived the dogfight before in the squad will be vital for the run-in.

The Welsh international said: "I remember a time three or four years ago when I thought Coventry were down when they played Tottenham away in their final game. They needed to win and other results to go for them.

"It was amazing that they stayed up then when it was an impossible looking position - and there have been other times when they have pulled clear at the death.

"I really think the fact that we've got players at the club who have been through it all before at the death is an advantage over other teams for the finale.

"We've got to perform like we can do in the remaining games and then we've got a chance. The belief is there that we can stay up.

"It can get edgy because you don't want to give anything away. You don't want to make a mistake. We've got to try and go out there with no fear."